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Community High dean wins National Educators Award

November 18, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Youth For Understanding USA (YFU), a global leader in nonprofit educational exchanges, recently presented Dean Marci Tuzinsky of Community High School with its inaugural Award for Education and Innovation at its annual fundraising gala in […]

Community Ensemble Theatre to perform “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind” Nov. 12-15

November 10, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Community Ensemble Theatre director Quinn Strassel and his students have accepted the challenge of staging an experimental play-of-many-plays, the award winning “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” Their production of Chicago’s longest-running show […]

Huron teacher pens memoir of Ukrainian adventure; book launch is Nov. 11

November 6, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Story and photo by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Huron High School English/video production teacher Robert Fox hopes that readers of his new memoir “Love & Vodka” will finish the book inspired to step out of […]

168 AAPS scholars honored at NAACP annual dinner

November 2, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Story and slideshow by Jo Mathis/ AAPS District News The Ann Arbor Branch of the NAACP honored 168 AAPS high school students at its annual Freedom Fund Dinner on Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Ann Arbor […]

Parent outreach programs help families at crucial junctions

October 26, 2015 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News For years, Community High School has sponsored evening programs for adults charged with the most important job of all: parenting. This year, CHS Counselor/Department Chair John Boshoven has opened those […]

Community High students featured in new video exploring early intervention for mental illness

October 23, 2015 AAPS News Editor

A new video airing this Saturday highlights the stories of teens from southeast Michigan, including two students from Community High School, one of whom has since graduated. Madeline Halpert and Eva Rosenfeld were filmed last […]

Student suspensions declining in Ann Arbor Public Schools

October 19, 2015 AAPS News Editor

When comparing the 2010-11 school year to 2014-15, the number of high school students that were suspended at least once is down 48 percent. At the middle school level that reduction is 75 percent, and a 74 percent reduction for elementary school students.

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Student behavior programs result in dramatic reduction in suspensions at AAPS

October 19, 2015 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Last year, a fight nearly broke out at Skyline High School. Instead, a member of the school’s 23-student “Sky Squad” who saw what was brewing pulled one of […]

Skyline High School’s 2015 Homecoming Parade

October 5, 2015 AAPS News Editor

The AAPS District News’ Andrew Cluley captured some of the sights of Skyline High School’s 2015 Homecoming Parade. See the slideshow here.

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Students encouraged to become engaged and dialed-in; follow-up workshop set for Oct. 8

October 1, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis/AAPS District News About 400 business and engineering students at Pioneer High School recently learned the importance of cultivating and taking action on the things they’re passionate about. The “Take […]